MIT Press Journals - International Journal of Learning and Media - Full Text - 0 views
-
Now, with study becoming a lifelong enterprise, and with the advent of a galaxy of new media, “learning” seems once again poised to become all things to all people, be they lay or scholarly.
-
David Peter on 23 Mar 09So, since we are all lifelong learners with access to transparent, pervasive and ubiquitous technology ... not sure NEW media is all that NEW.
-
-
learning that do not occur automatically, readily, naturally, or by dint of simply living in a certain place at a certain time
-
we may well have reached a set of tipping points: Going forward, learning may be far more individualized, far more in the hands (and the minds) of the learner, and far more interactive than ever before
- ...7 more annotations...
-
advent of a galaxy of new media
-
we may well have reached a set of tipping points
-
learning may be at once more individual
-
Both the demands of the workplace and the demands of education have changed profoundly and promise to do so for the foreseeable future.
-
technology is often cited as a primary driver of cultural change
-
One could argue that a strictly formal learning experience is characterized by classroom-based instruction featuring an explicit curriculum and traditional pedagogical goals, and scaffolding implemented by a single educator; a pure informal learning experience lacks all of these characteristics
-
A successful informal learning practice depends upon an independent, constructivistically oriented learner who can identify, locate, process, and synthesize the information he or she is lacking